Women civilians expected to be named to top Pentagon posts
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The bypassing of Michele Flournoy for the job of secretary of defense and the nomination of a military man in retired Gen. Lloyd Austin has made it almost certain that President-elect Joe Biden will be naming civilian women to top Pentagon posts, say defense experts.
“The Biden administration will probably look for qualified women to hold a fair number, a fair percentage of the top jobs at the Pentagon,” the Heritage Foundation's Center for National Defense Director Thomas Spoehr told the
Washington Examiner.
American Enterprise Institute security scholar Zack Cooper told the